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QUA DECATUR SUNDAY HERALD AND REVIEW Index to Today's Herald-Review DECATUR HERALD, FOUNDED 1880 Herald Review Society Sect. 3 Sports. Sect. 2 DECATUR REVIEW, FOUNDED 1878 Classified Sect. 2 Radio-TV Sect.

4 Established Sept. 1, 1931 Editorials Sect. 4 Movies Sect. and Vol. 25-No.

32 DECATUR, ILLINOIS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1955. Four Sections and Comics-54 Pages-10 Cents Kefauver Seeks Public Power Probe Marilyn 1 Monroe Takes Bement Centennial by Storm It took a cordon of police through crowds at Bement's ands waited to see her as she Clark Plummer, Bement, tention to an art object at Be- tour of the museum was part of surrounding Marilyn Monroe Centennial celebration. Thous- arrived two hours late. general Centennial chairman, ment's Fine Arts Museum. A her visit to the centennial.

Navy Secretary Agrees To Review Cadet's Case New York, Aug. 6 (AP) Navy Secretary Charles S. Thomas promised today to review personally the Navy's refusal to grant a reserve commission to Eugene Landy, 21, on the ground his mother is a former Communist. Thomas told reporters he learned of the case only today by reading the newspapers. He said Landy, who was gradulated as second highest ranking student Friday from the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., will get But as to what Thomas' decision will be, he said: "I have reached the age where never make a decision until I have heard both sides." The young, midshipman today appealed the decision to the Bureau of Navy Personnel in Washington, D.C. He said in a signed telegram: "It is respectfully requested that reconsideration be given Midshipman Eugene W. Landy's application for commission, ensign, USNR. "If there is any additional information about Mr. Landy or his background needed, please be advised that he is ready and willing to cooperate in any way the Navy determines best." Landy, clad in his white cadet uniform, received his bachelor of science degree along with his 95 classmates.

But he was not permitted to join in the next stage of the ceremonies. He stood in line with his arms at his sides while his fellow graduates raised their right hands to take a mass oath of allegiance as reserve ensigns. Nor did he join them in scaling his cap into the air. Sen. Herbert H.

Lehman (D- NY) has called the Navy on Landy "unjust" and has asked for a full report. Landy, who intends to sail Sunday as a seaman on a Texasbound oil tanker, expressed confidence the Navy would reconsider his case. An academy spokesman described Landy as "one of the brightest students we ever had" and said "there has never been any question of Landy's loyalty But a Navy spokesman, while not questioning Landy's loyalty, said the young man was "extremely close to his mother and she has been a Landy describes himself as "quite conservative" politically. Hells Canyon Ruling by FPC Under Fire Thousands Wait To See Actress 2 Hours Late By Norman T. Monson Of The Herald and Review Staff Bement, Aug.

6 A week of dignified centennial celebrations in Bement exploded today when blonde bombshell Marilyn Monroe arrived wearing a tight-fitting "eyelet" cotton dress. The town's population of 1,500 was swelled to several thousand more persons who waited hours to glimpse the famous actress. Tension and rumors increased as her plane arrived at Champaign two hours late. because of weather conditions. Police escorted Miss Monroe and a male secretary to Bement and the home of Carleton Smith, director of the National Arts Foundation and a native of Bement.

Amid oohs, aahs and whistles, Marilyn was whisked through a large crowd that clamored around the house for a glimpse of her. "There are a lot of good-looking boys here," was her brief comment, as she was led by several police with arms interlocked. Some of the over-anxious bovs peeked in the windows of the Carleton home while others climbed on the roof, only to be chased down by some of the 19 Centennial police on duty. "I don't blame them for wanting to see her," was the comment of one observer. Frustrated photographers waited with the rest except for those from Life magazine and Movietone News who were inside the house.

For an hour evervone waited while Marilyn soaked a swollen ankle in pails of hot and cold water. She had injured it several days ago. During the waiting the back door of the house was ripped off. The Fine Arts Museum was the next stop, where photographers shot pictures and Marilyn looked at the paintings. "I don't know much about art," she said, in a soft childish voice, "but I do want to learn." Her male secretary, wearing dark horn rimmed glasses, quietly followed Marilyn around.

Several times he took out a comb and touched up the blonde's "wind-blown" hair-do. A crowd estimated at 4,000 by Tom Chatham, director of the centennial pageant, jammed the high school athletic field to watch Marilyn judge a beard-growing contest. Arriving late she did her own "unofficial" judging and William G. Porter, who sported a white goatee, received a kiss from the movie queen as the crowd cheered. Later she said it was the first bearded man she has kissed.

"I picked him because he looked so distinguished," she said. "And it wasn't bad," she confided. "Bearded men seem TOmantic to me." But this doesn't include Abraham Lincoln who Miss Monroe said she likes to think of as a father. Marilyn told the crowd how impressed she was with the pageant. "This is really something for a town of 1,500," she said.

With most of the people crowding close around Marilyn, the pageant, already behind schedule, got under way with Marilyn watching. She planned to leave for New York sometime tonight because of previous commitments there. First place winners in the beard contest were: Best full beard -Carl Redman Best Lincoln beard Everett Strohl Best -Arbie Hawver Most unusual moustacheFrank Lux Jr. Best trimmed beard Oscar Winzenburger Most unusual beard Melvin Ludi. (circled) to get the movie star The beard of Marilyn Monroe's choice belongs to William G.

Porter, Bement. The surprised Porter received a kiss from glamorous Marilyn at Be- MARSHALL MAN DROWNS IN LAKE AT PARIS Paris, Aug. 6 (AP) Warren Tingley, 32, of Marshall, drowned in East Lake at the northern edge of Paris today. Some 25 persons swimming nearby apparently thought the cries of Tingley's companion were in jest and failed to go to his aid. Nellie Rule, about 33, told police she and Tingley were swimming when he dived under the surface and failed to reappear.

She said she called to the other swimmers but they ignored her. She said she then went into Paris and called the police. When she returned with the police, she said, there were only seven persons still at the beach. 'Connie' Misses U.S. Islands San Juan, Puerto Rico, Aug.

6 (AP) The Weather Bureau said late tonight Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands no longer in danger from hurricane Connie. The threat passed these U.S. islands an hour before midnight, the official report said. The bureau bulletin said the eye of the hurricane, roaring across the open- Atlantic north of here, had 1 passed about 100 miles north of San Juan. "Its movement is taking the center of the storm away from the islands," it said.

Hurricane warnings in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were ordered lowered at midnight local time-11 p.m. (CDT). The buradded the likelihood of dangerous winds had passed. No injuries or property damage were reported tonight. The Weather Bureau said the only danger here might be flood conditions in the next 12 hours.

As the storm passed, the bureau said, five inches of rain deluged this capital. 10 Gls Die In Seoul Accident Seoul (Sunday) Aug. 7 (AP.) An Army truck carrying 20. U.S. 24th Dvision soldiers to an airport for a gay leave in Japan crashed through a bridge railing Saturday and burst into flames, killing 10.

Some burned to death, pinned under the overturned truck. The other 10 were injured, some so critically they may die. The only man reported to have escaped injury was the driver. The truck was bound for an airport 15 miles northwest of Seoul. While crossing a narrow bridge, it plunged through a railing and landed upside down in a small stream.

Spilled gasoline caught fire. "Eight soldiers died at the scene. One died on the way to a hospital, another after arrival there. Light heartedly the 20 soldiers had piled their baggage in the truck and looked forward to the always eagerly awaited -rest and recreation--leave in Tokyo. The names of the dead and inI jured were withheld.

(He said he had taken "several loyalty oaths" since entering the academy. His mother, Mrs. Deborah Landy, 54, of Bradley Beach, N.Y., a garment worker, attended the graduation ceremony. The son smilingly kissed her afterward. She said she had been a Communist from about 1937 to 1947 when she quit the party at her son's urging.

He would have been about 13 or 14 years old at the time. "He reformed me and yet he is (Turn to Page Cooler Today DECATUR AND VICINITY: Partly cloudy and cooler Sunday. Monday fair and pleasant. High Sunday upper 80s. Low Sunday night near 70.

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7 p. m. 84 86 SunHighest 91 93 Rises 5:59 6:00 Lowest 75 74 Sets 8:04 8:03 TEMPERATURES High Low Chicago 81 73 Cincinnati 92 72 Detroit 88 73 Indianapolis 93 71 Memphis 95 75 Milwaukee 83 71 Kansas City 97 75 St. Paul 81 68 Omaha 90 70 Atlanta 91 73 Boston 80 72 Miami 86 76 New York 95 79 Washington 96 75 Fort Worth 99 77 New Orleans 90 75 Denver 80 64 Phoenix 97 80 Los Angeles 92 69 San Francisco 81 56 Seattle 83 53 Chandler Leads In Kentucky Louisville, Aug. 6 (AP) Former baseball commissioner A.

B. (Happy) Chandler, waging political comeback fight, clung to a slight lead late tonight in his battle for Kentucky's Democratic governor nomination. Returns from 979 of the state's 4,063 precincts gave Chandler 76,629 votes to 72,287 for Bert T. Combs, a young, mountaineer judge in his first statewide race. The lead had changed hands during the count.

Early returns came in speedily from areas having voting machines. But long ballots, with candidates for many state and district offices, slowed the manual count elsewhere. The 979 precincts included 422 of the 426 in Louisville and Jefferson County, where the regular organization backed Combs. Joseph J. Leary, Chandler's campaign co chairman, declared "it looks like a trend is setting in" for victory by his candidate.

Mattoon Boy Dies of Burns Mattoon, Aug. 6 (Staff) Billy Wayne Breeze, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breeze, died in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis at 1:15 p.

m. today of burns received at his home Thursday. The boys clothes were burned off as he was playing in the yard at his home Thursday morning, but details of the accident aren't known. He was taken to the St. Louis hospital shortly after the accident.

Besides his parents, Billy, Wayne is survived by two brothers, Charles and Victor, and a sister, Mary Lou, at home; and his grandparents, Mrs. Irene Breeze, Mattoon, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell, Herrin. No Winner in 'Stinker' Contest; $400 Prize Offered for Next Puzzle There were no winners the 29,512 solutions submitted for the 40th "Little Stinker" puzzle.

Since this is the' third week without a winner, Puzzle No. 41 will be worth $400. The next puzzle and the solution to last week's appear on Page 19 today. Puzzle editors who checked the entries say the five correct Washington, Aug. 6 (AP) Possible investigation of government power policies affecting the Bonneville and Hells Canyon areas of the Pacific Northwest was suggested as a follow-up to a probe of the Dixon-Yates contract.

Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn), who has headed a senatorial study of the Dixon-Yates plan for feeding private power into the Tennessee Valley Authority, suggested a look into Bonneville Power Administration policies. Some critics have accused the administration of favoring private companies in disposing of Bonneville power. Government officials say their policies are fair to all. Both Kefauver and Sen.

Morse (D-Ore) criticized a Federal Power Commission decision announced Thursday, to permit private development of Hells Canyon. Public power advocates have sought to win approval of a huge multi-purpose federal dam there. Morse said in a statement, "The Hells Canyon decision will prove to be the Dixon-Yates deal of the Pacific Northwest." He termed it' "a quickie decision" and "a give away" and suggested that FPC Chairman Jerome K. Kuykendall be summoned to testify about what Morse called "his demonstrated private utility bias." Both Kefauver and Morse accused the administration of deceiving Congress in the Hells Canyon case. Morse said the FPC decision "is replete with misleading statements" and will not stand up under examination." They said Kuykendall will be recalled in the Dixon-Yates probe to explain what Morse "his suppression of legal memoranda critical of the private utility Dixon-Yates scheme." Rep.

Evins (D-Tenn) said last week a House Small Business subcommittee had learned that two FPC attorneys "criticized and condemned" the Dixon- contract last December, but their opinions were suppressed from Congress and the public. Kefauver heads a task force of the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee which 1 has been making a study of the DixonYates power contract. The Bonneville Power Administration markets electricity from several big federal dams in the Pacific Northwest. Some Democratic legislators and public power advocates from the region have complained that the Eisenhower administration's Bonneville policies have been too favorable to private utilities. Officials reply that their policies are in the national interest.

The Hells Canyon decision, which came two days after Congress adjourned, produced an explosion of criticism from Democratic senators who said they would try to make it a national issue. Sen. Magnuson (D-Wash) for example said it was "a complete sellout of God-given resources to the private power lobby." Under the decision, the Idaho Power Co. was authorized to build three power dams which would flood the site of a proposed federal dam project on the Snake River, between Idaho and Oregon. Public power advocates contend the three small, privately built dams would not make full use of the potential.

The power commission ruled, however, that the private project would be more economical. ment's Centennial "Brothers of the Brush" beard contest. (Photos by John Rammel of The Herald and Review Staff). FLYING MISHAP FAILS TO BOTHER GRANDMA Naples, Maine, Aug. 6 (AP) A 70-year-old grandmother rescued from a sinking plane amidst 6-foot Sebago Lake waves Friday, described flying as "thrilling" today and said she is looking forward to her next trip.

While clinging to pilotgrandson's plane, Mrs. Tena' Day confided she couldn't swim but quipped, "At least I'm getting a bath and a good shampoo." The craft flipped over when struck by the 60-mile-an-hour wind of a sudden storm after it was landed by James Build, 21. Mrs. Day suffered only bruised knees when she was dragged aboard a rescue boat. words were porch, aiding, mule, gun and snob.

The majority of contestants used the following words instead: torch, ailing, mole, sun and snub. The picture was the same all across the country. Fifteen other newspapers reporting on results of their contests didn't turn up any winners. French Chase Rebels Tunis, Tunisia, Aug. 6 (AP) French troops pursued remnants of an 80-man band og Algerian rebels today after killing 15 of them Friday in a clash inside the Tunisian border.

One soldier was killed and eight wounded in the fight..